The workshop aims to bring together research papers and case studies for oral presentation on the issue of how do the features and dynamics of public-private-partnerships affect the implementation of policies pursuing sustainability goals. Public-private-partnerships are an increasing presence in the implementation of more sustainable business practices, technologies, products, market-operation principles, and projects for social improvement. They take different forms and seem to be ‘in-flux? with changing actor-structures, actor-roles and actor-drivers. These have yet unexplored consequences for implementation results. The workshop aims to enable policy recommendations on how to boost the effective use of PPPs in implementing sustainability goals.

Kyoto Protocol: Joint implementation (JI) a useful mechansim for the refurbishment of the infrastructure in the CEECsBianca Gusenbauer, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria

Partnerships for Sustainable Development?A Critical Review of Progress Towards Sustainable Development Using Partnerships as a Vehicle for Change in WalesFrances Hines1 and Alan Netherwood2, (1)Cardiff University, United Kingdom; (2)Cardiff County Council, United Kingdom